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Home My WebLink About10/24/1938 Meeting ~ 135 ..., -- - -.... ~. - - .. Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon October 24. 1938 I,..,J, I The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the Common Council held at the ~ hou~ of 7:30 ofclock P.M., October 24r 1938. Mayor Large presided over the meeting. ~-' Councilmen present were: Messrs. Hendershott, Lamb, Reid, Page, Farrington, Bond ~,.J 1 and Carlson; absent, Hanns. ... The minutes of the previous meeting, October 10, 1938, were presented and 2 ordered filed. I The offer of R. S. Shelley to quit claim the undivided one-half interest of Lot 4, Block 3,. Walnut Park Addition for $50.00, was approved by the Finance Committee and the council ordered that the necessary papers pe prepared and de- I 3 11 ver'ed. The $[250.00 cash offer of B. F. Fortney for the South 100 fee't of Lot, 10, Block 3, Whiteaker's Addition, was denied by the Finance Committee and a counter- I 4 offer of $1800.00 extended and it was so ordered by the council. . . The $500.00 offer of W. K. Hamilton for Lot 7, Block 21, HUddleston's Amended Addition., was denied by the Finance Committee and a counter-offer of $550.00 ex- ;I 5 tended and it was so ordered by the council. On recommendation of the Finance Committee, the Council made the Eugene Reatty Board prices on the following lots: For the North half of Block 14, Driverton Addition on the South side of 19th street between.Mill and Ferry streets, Lot 10, ( $550.00; Lots 11 and 12, $650.00 each; the West 50 feet of Lots 1 and 2, $550.00, ) the West 60 feet of the east 110 of the same lots, $550.00; and the East 50 feet . of the same lots $575.00; Lot 3, $350.00. The south 1/2 of Block 7 on the North side of 19th street, between Mill and Ferry Streets, for Lot 4, $350.00, the West 50 feet of Lots 5 and .6, $550.00, the West 60 feet of the East llO feet of Lots 5 and 6, $525.00 and the East 50 feet of Lots 5 and 6, $550.00; Lot 7, $650.00, the South 100 feet of Lot 8, $625.00, the South 100 feet of Lot 9, $650.00, and the 6 North 51 feet of Lot 8 and 9, $525.00~ I / Councilman Farrington, Health Committee Chairman, requested that the City Recorder write a letter to Mrs. Cora Misfeldt, owner of the property on the North side of Skinner's Butte requesting that proper sanitation facilities be installed 7 - Bnd it was so ordered. I Mr. Farrington reported that Mr. Carl A. Field, manager of the New Service Laundry, had installed a set of baffle plates on the smoke stack, but that had not improved the condition much and he had agreed to increase the height of the stack in an effort to do away with the soot. Since the use of the baffle plates and sawdust, ) 8 Mr. Lamb, reP9rted that the condition was much worse. Chief of Police Bergman .'II'as instructed to check on d rivers who drive throu h the city parks with only one head light and who speed beyond the limits indicated. I 9 Councilman Fage reported that this condition should be rectified as much as possible Petition requesting that the council rescind its action of October lOth in granting to Mrs. H. E. Slattery,. representing the G.A.R. the right tq remove the St. Mary's Episcopal parsonage, now located at 7th and Olive streets, to a site. 6Bt x 55' on the South side of Eighth Between Lincoln and Lawrence streets, was presented. Upon motionmuly made and seconded, it was unanimously approved that the special permission granted at the meeting of October 10th be revoked and it was /10 so ordered. Application of Madge and F. M. Brown to operate a rooming house at 657 Wi1 I 1amette Street, was approved by the Council upon the recommendat.ion of the Chief of" - 11 Police. I Letter of Graham B. Smith requested that he be allowed to change the level of sidewalk to be placed in front of Lot 1, Block 1, Maplecroft Addition, along McMillan street so as to start at the established grade at the south end of the lot and in extending downhill to the north to gradually lower so as to come out two inches below the established levels at the new driveway line, was upon motion made I 12 and seconded, grant.ed by the council. I An ordinance. granting to Po stal Telegraph-Cable Company. its successors and assigns, a franchise to place, erect, lay, maintain and operate in, upon and under the streets, alleys, avenues and public highways of the City of Eugene, poles, wires and other appliances for the transmission of telegraph messages, was read the third time, and before votes were cast, a call for remonstrances or objections ~as made and there being none, the ordinance was placed for roll call; councilmen vctin aye; Lamb, Hendershott, Reid, Page, Farrington, Bond and Carlson; absent, Hanns; nay ) 13 none. The ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8556. ~ r'" 136 - -- -- ------------ ~~.~----~-------- ~--- -- --------------~---_._-_._----~-------_._-"_._------_.-._------~---- ~ __m'__ __~_.__________._.____ ____.m__ .__.,___. __~___~____ ______~__'__~________~_______~---- An ordinance providing for service in the extinguishing of fires outside of the city limits of Eugene, had its second reading and held for third and final 14 reading at the meeting of November 14th. :.,:: Report of the Eugene Public Library for the month of September, 1938, wa I 15, presented Bnd ordered placed on file. . ~ v; Thirty applications from dealers to sell tobacco were presented and ap- l~ proved, as follows: ( Ashbridge Grocery Halsell's Grocery Ash and Son Hanson's Service Station I Big Apple Cafe Hillside Grocery Bernice's Cafe Inter-State Market I Boulevard Lunch Jepsen's Cash Grocery I Baker's Pharmacy Lawrence Street Grocery Cherry Grove Grocery Moose Lodge Club #686 Durkee's Depot Cafe Oldham's Cafe Danner Bros Serv Station Perlich's Food Market I Elliott's Grocery Puritan Drug Co. I Endicott's Grocery Pit, The J. A. Frey Rex Cafe I Frank's Place State Theatre Candy I Getting's Market Seymour's Cafe 1 George's Cigar Store Ted's Cafe I House Commissary \ (Phi Sigma Kappa) ! I I ! Communication from the United States Spanish War Veterans of Eugene i commending the council in placing signal lights at the most dangerous intersections I ' in the main business sections and further recommending that there should be more I 17 general traffic enforcement, was presented and placed on file. I An ordinance to provide for the demolition of certain buildings situated I at 57 Sixth Avenue East in the city of Eugene, and directing plans and specification$ to be filed with the City Recorder and for the making of the costs a lien upon the I I property, had its first reading and passed to its second and third readings by I unanimous consent of the council by title under suspension of the rule, and was I placed for final reading. The ayes and nays were called, councilmen voting aye: Lamb, Hendershott, Reid, Page, Farrington, Bond and Carlson; nay, none; absent, Hann~. 18 The ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8557. I I i Stating that the present "basic rule" law gave the offending drivers too! much opportunity for argumentation in which the enforcement officer usually lost out~" City Attorney Calkins proposed that the council take some action to secure a minimum \ speed law for the city. He stated that this would require action from the state legislature as the city has no authority to change the speed laws. Mr. Calkins was i instructed to bring in a resolution favoring this. It was also suggested that the I council should work through the League of Oregon Cities in this matter and it was so i :; ordered. I Speaking on the proposed sewage disposal plant, Mr. Clubb, City EngineerJ pointed out that it would be necessary to issue $85,000 in bonds and from figures I already compiled it was shown that these bonds could be retired in ten years and havd a small surplus left over from upkeep and operation by charging a minimum of 25~ ! and if they figure on a fifteen year period for paying off the bonds, this could be I accomplished by a minimum charge of 20i. The extra interest involved in carrying th~ bonds for fifteen years instead of ten, would amount to about $9000.00. After some I discussion, it was moved and seconded that in view of the fact that there would be a~ extra cost of $9000 for the fifteen years and the difference to the consumer would , be only 5i a month that the Council recommend the minimum charge be placed at 25i I I 20 per month and it was so ordered. I I Mr. Clubb explained that the city is prepared to commence work on in- I stalling the traffic signal lights and upon motion made and seconded, it was asked that the Eugene Water Board make arrangements to set back their light standards in order that this work might be done. Mr. Clubb explained that in the first instance, the work of installing traffic lights had only been provided for, but that since then, it had been thought best to make arrangements for putting in a cable for a I lighting system and also for a fire alarm system. Mr. Clubb stated that there had I I been no provision made for fire signal system and it was not known what they could ! ; use and asked permission to lay a clay tile with two openings; this Clay tile to be I laid on top a creosoted plank and another creosoted plank put on tpp of the tile. Then at future date when street lighting and fire signals are d~sired, cables could be drawn through without further disturbance to the pavement.. .:Jt was estimated that $410..00 would ~over the cost of the necessary materials. He s7~ted that it was further necessary to hire the compressor from the EUgen~ Water, Board which costs $1.25 per hour and the use of the man who operates it, $5.00 ~er day. It was moved / and seconded that this extra material and work be dOne and tqat the payment of same , f I I I ! ~ _ " i ~ 137 -_. ~ . '"' - -"- --- - - ~ -- - - = I 21 be drawn from the emergency fund and it was so ordered. 22 Upon motion made and seconded, the meeting was herewith adjourned. \-.1. I =-.-..; John Fields, ....j Deputy Recorder 'it?>";",.,: ....,.~. , ,-..-., )..... I ,...., . I . I -, I . .. I . ~ ~_. - ~ '.-